Memorable Ways to End Your Wedding Reception
Finding a way to end the party is just as important as finding the best way to start it. As your wedding reception draws to a close, you are ready to jet off to your honeymoon suite and begin your newlywed vacation. But, before you can head out, you have to present a formal end to your wedding celebration.
5 Unconventional Ideas for Your Wedding Rehearsal Dinner
Practicing can be thought of as more of a chore, especially when it’s not something special for you. The people who are playing a huge role in your wedding day, such as the wedding party, officiant, and more, can feel as though they are putting in a lot of work for your big day. They are certainly happy to be a part of your special event, but it does take their own personal time away.
Red Flags to Keep an Eye Out for When Hiring Your Wedding Vendors
When you begin to think about all the big pieces of your wedding, such as catering, entertainment, and more, there is a lot to do. However, you can’t do everything on your own. Luckily, vendors are ready and prepared to contribute to your big day.
It’s All In The Cards July 2018
We are super excited to introduce a regular contributor to our blog: Sabrina Lovell. Sabrina is one of the most sought after card readers on the Central Coast and even hosts her own weekly radio show locally on KVEC. Take a look at what she sent us for our July couples!
JULY 2018 WEDDING FORECAST
In Olde World Tarot, July represents Victory, Celebration, New Friendships and a long waited “Fresh Start”
Astrologically, the month of July holds Yin/Yang powers, the Sign of Cancer and then the Sign of Leo towards the end of this month.
This energy team together, bring foundation, nurturing family, building of home and working through deep emotions.
At the same time, the Fire of Leo is expansive, center stage, pushes through with force, and with sensitivity.
Here’s what The Tarot Cards have in store for your Wedding month~
Top 5 Tips for Planning Your Elopement
If a big wedding doesn’t appeal to you and your partner, know that you have other options for your nuptials, such as an elopement. Eloping is a wonderful way for you to tie the knot without the hustle and bustle of a large wedding. This is your wedding day, and you deserve to have what you want!
Top Flowers for the Month of Your Wedding
Flowers are such a big part of your big day! Bouquets, floral arrangements, the utilization of petals; your blooms will be showcased all throughout your wedding, from your ceremony to your reception. Therefore, you will certainly to choose the best ones of your wedding specifically.
How to Review Vendors After the Wedding
After having an unforgettable wedding day, it’s important to take the time and think about who contributed to creating it. From your loved ones to your vendors, everyone worked hard and gave their best for your nuptials.
What Is Event Liability Insurance?
Planning a wedding can be a lot of work! In fact, it can also be very expensive. Creating a flawless wedding day is quite an achievement that you certainly don’t want taken away from you. However, life tends to happen, and if there is one thing you don’t want floating around on your big day, it’s Murphy’s Law. Basically, it states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
5 Ways to Honor Lost Loved Ones at Your Wedding
On such a beautiful day, it can be difficult to think of those that aren’t able to attend. It can be heartbreaking to experience such an important day without them. Whether it is your parent, sibling, grandparent, other close relative, or even a dear friend, celebrating your wedding day can be bittersweet without them.
Marriage Advice From The Pastor
We asked one of our very favorite officiants (and retired pastor) what type of advice he gives to engaged couples as he sits down with them to discuss their vows and the many happy years of marriage they have in front of them. Here is what he gave us.
Contributed by: Rick Comstock of AVow Ceremonies
Getting Married? (Here’s Some Advice)
As a husband (someone who is married) and as an Wedding Officiant (someone who performs marriages), let me say ‘Congratulations’ on your engagement and upcoming nuptials.
Marriage is, among other things, AWESOME. It is also challenging, invigorating, hard, fun, educational, enriching and stressful. Sometimes all at once. 
It’s been said that the ‘Three rings of marriage are the: engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering.” Hmm, let’s substitute the word enduring for suffering and add the word triumphing to the list.
Rings of marriage:
Engagement Ring – Wedding Ring – EndurRing – TriumphRing
Marriage is a marathon, not a sprint. And marathons can be both exhilarating and exhausting. But who better than to run them with than the person you love most. That’s why you marry.
There are lots of tips I could offer couples getting married, let me share five:
1: Talk, and keep talking.
Lack of communication is the number one reason couples end up getting divorced. You can’t address issues in the marriage or solve problems unless you are willing to dialogue about them. So in spite of your hectic schedules, occasional physical exhaustion, grumpy in-laws, sick kids, lack of sleep, need for time for yourself, etc.; take time out weekly to check in with one another on the important things. Hint: What’s for dinner?, is not an important thing.
2: Know each other’s expectations.
You can’t meet one another’s needs unless you know what they are. The roles of husbands and wives have changed and expanded over the years, and that’s a good thing. Sometimes the wife is the breadwinner and the husband is the stay at home parent. But in either case your spouse has physical, emotional, material, mental and spiritual needs (desires). Find out what they are and do your best to meet them.
3: Manage your money.
You may never seem to have enough of it, especially early in your marriage, but you will probably still fight about it unless you have a plan to manage it. Create a budget. Know how much you need to live. Save, when you can. Avoid credit card debt like the plague . (The average household in America has more than $16,000 in credit card debt!) Put something (anything) away for retirement every month. You will be surprised how fast retirement (age) gets here and how fast your money grows.
4: Learn to affirm.
We (people) need twelve ‘hugs’ a day to help maintain emotional health. Those hugs can be: hugs, kisses, a comforting touch, or words of encouragement and affirmation. Remember the kinds of loving things you said and did to your spouse when you were dating them? Keep saying and doing them, or begin to.
5: Have fun.
You may not always have the time or money to do extravagant things: a trip to Hawaii, a Caribbean Cruise, a European Vacation, etc. But you can do the simple things: a movie night at home, a day at the beach, a bbq with friends, etc. And the simple things, while not costing lots of money or taking lots of time allow you to spend time together and nurture the various aspects your relationship.
Bonus Tip: Two Good Books:
The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
The Newlywed’s Instruction Manual, Caroline Tiger
Get in contact with Rick:
email: avow.ceremony@gmail.com
phone: (805) 550-1371
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